Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas, a jury has delivered the first murder conviction in the case.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon in connection with the 1996 shooting that killed the legendary rapper.

Davis, 63, was also convicted under an enhancement alleging the crime was committed to promote, further or assist a criminal gang.

The 12-person jury reportedly deliberated for roughly three hours before reaching its verdict.

The conviction represents a major legal turning point in one of hip-hop’s most notorious unsolved killings.

Prosecutors did not accuse Davis of personally firing the shots that killed Tupac.

Instead, they argued that he played a central role in organizing the attack and acted as the “shot caller” for the group inside the white Cadillac used in the drive-by shooting.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal argued that Davis obtained the gun used in the attack and joined the group searching for Tupac and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight after a fight earlier that night.

“The core facts remain. The material facts remain,” Palal told jurors during closing arguments.

Prosecutors also relied heavily on statements Davis made over the years in interviews and in his 2019 memoir, where he repeatedly placed himself inside the Cadillac connected to the shooting.

The fatal shooting happened after Tupac attended a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.

Surveillance footage showed Tupac and members of his entourage attacking Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson inside the casino earlier that evening.

Anderson was Davis’ nephew.

Prosecutors argued that the confrontation triggered a retaliation plot.

Hours later, Tupac was riding in a black BMW driven by Suge Knight when a white Cadillac pulled alongside them near the Las Vegas Strip.

Gunfire erupted from the Cadillac, striking Tupac multiple times.

Knight was also wounded but survived.

Tupac died six days later at the age of 25.

The state’s case focused on Davis’ alleged role in helping organize the shooting rather than proving he pulled the trigger.

Prosecutors argued that Davis provided the weapon and participated in the search for Tupac after the MGM Grand fight.

Davis had previously spoken publicly about being inside the Cadillac, statements prosecutors used against him during trial.

The defense argued those comments should not be treated as reliable admissions.

Defense attorney Michael Sanft challenged the prosecution’s case by arguing there was little physical evidence tying Davis directly to the shooting scene.

He pointed to the lack of surveillance footage, phone records or other forensic evidence placing Davis at the intersection where Tupac was shot.

Sanft also argued that Davis exaggerated his involvement over the years for attention, money and notoriety.

He described some of Davis’ past claims as “tall tales” and told jurors that his client was “full of crap.”

Davis did not testify in his own defense.

The trial featured 24 prosecution witnesses and three defense witnesses.

For decades, Orlando Anderson had been widely suspected of firing the shots that killed Tupac.

Anderson denied involvement before he was killed in an unrelated shooting in 1998.

Because Anderson and other alleged occupants of the Cadillac died before charges were brought, Davis eventually became the only living person prosecutors said was directly involved in the vehicle that night.

His own public statements ultimately became a major part of the case against him.

Davis now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.

A sentencing date has not yet been announced.

His conviction closes one major chapter in a case that has generated decades of conspiracy theories, documentaries and speculation about who was responsible for Tupac’s death.

For nearly three decades, no one had been convicted in connection with the killing.